Lee’s hairdressing career began in Dublin, Ireland working for Reds the Hair Group, who boasted an array of celebrity clients. He then accepted a technical position with L’Oreal in London where he met (his future wife) Heather before moving to Australia. Lee quickly made a name for himself and the Reds brand firstly within the local community of Cairns and indeed the Australian hairdressing industry after opening the first Reds Salon in the mid ‘90’s. He has won many industry accolades including Queensland Hairdresser of the Year for 3 consecutive years and Australian Hairdresser of the Year to mention only a few of a very long list. Although he no longer competes, he regularly travels to industry events speaking at business forums, comparing shows and mentoring our future hairdressing generation. In-between these events he focuses on running the 3 businesses whilst working between Cairns & Townsville Salons.

Lee is a Master Stylist specializing in:

Advance creative cutting & styling expert

Heather Cohen

Master Stylist

History:

Heather began hairdressing in Cairns before travelling to London to work for L’Oreal, it was there she met her (then) future husband, Lee. They relocated with the company to Melbourne before marrying & residing in Cairns in 1995. The conception of Reds was born as the brainchild of this dynamic partnership. Over the many years Reds has evolved as a business being driven by both Heather & Lee. Not only is Heather a perfectionist in business but also is an exceptional stylist in her own right having been recognised for many industry accolades. Her focuses are her love of hairdressing, treating her clients as her friends and creating a family culture within their staff. Working between the Cairns & Townsville salons ensures a very busy schedule so please plan ahead for an appointment.

Lisa began her apprenticeship at Reds in Cairns 2008. It was evident very early in her hairdressing training that her combined creativity and organisational skills would fast track her position within our salon group. Lisa relocated to Townsville 2009 to assist Lee setting up the systems and procedures in our new salon before returning briefly back to Cairns to complete her apprenticeship. Lisa has now successfully managed our R2 salon team at Stockland Townsville since we opened in 2012 as well as running a busy clientele. Lee & Heather are very proud of this multi talented stylist as she is a perfectionist in every way, not to mention she is also exceptionally creative and in high demand, therefore advanced bookings are advised.

Lisa’s hairdressing expertise includes

Advance creative cutting & styling

Up-styling for formal events

Wedding hair

Advance Colour & highlighting techniques

Colour correction

Semi-Permanent Relaxer (Agave)

Lauren Di Mattia

Creative Stylist

History:

We proudly introduce our newest stylist to perfectly compliment our R2 team. Lauren’s impressive hairdressing career began in Grafton in her family run business, where credit is due for her extensive hairdressing knowledge and skills. As luck would have it for us (and you) she moved to Townsville early 2015 to join our team. Lauren has attended numerous educational courses mostly highlighting advanced cutting and colouring, proving her excellence in this area. Amongst her most memorable industry events have been working backstage at Fashion Week and Hair Expo as well as immersing herself into as many local events since arriving in Townsville, exhibiting her absolute passion to style hair. As a future client of this brilliant young stylist, rest assured that you are in very safe hands as her warm personality confidently designs a new look perfectly for you.

Lauren’s hairdressing expertise includes:

Advance creative cutting & styling

Up-styling for formal events

Wedding hair

Advance Colour & highlighting techniques

Colour correction

Sheridan Law

Creative Stylist

History:

R2 Salon proudly introduces “Sherry” as our newest stylist!

When we combine a bubbly personality with excellent hairdressing skills, we get the perfect addition to our talented team. Sherry loves creative colour work including Balayage, Ombre and Blondes. Also her ‘on-trend’ cutting and styling for both Men and Women, is impressive to say the least. During the past 10 years she has worked locally focusing on keeping her clients looking and feeling great about their hair. Due to this she is in high demand from her existing clientele, Sherry also welcomes NEW clients and we suggest to book in advance.

Sheridan’s hairdressing expertise includes:

Advance creative cutting & styling

Up-styling for formal events

Wedding hair

Advance Colour & highlighting techniques

Colour correction

Jess Peebles

Technical Stylist

History:

Since 2014 Jess has developed into an amazing young stylist as she fast-tracked through her training. The passion she has for her chosen craft is evident as she goes above and beyond to ensure clients love her work. Her hairdressing is exceptional and is evident by the many happy clients she takes very good care of. Her confident yet humble personality combined with her positive attitude and smile will reassure that you are in very safe hands.

Jess Peebles

Jess’s hairdressing expertise includes:

All colouring techniques

Cutting (ladies, men & children)

Blow drying techniques

Glamour styling techniques

Jamie-Lee Connelly-Swift

Technical Stylist

History:

Jamie-Lee began hairdressing with R2 as a school-base apprentice and has blossomed into a beautiful young stylist. Her colour knowledge and technique, is where her passion is evident but of course she also does beautiful up-styling, blow-drying and cutting. Jamie can come across a little shy but rest assured she is a brilliant young stylist.